conjugal

adjective
🔊/ˈkɒndʒəɡl/
🔊/ˈkɑːndʒəɡl/
[only before noun] (formal)
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  1. connected with marriage and the sexual relationship between a married couple婚姻的;夫妻间的
    • conjugal love夫妻间的恩爱
    • prisoners who are permitted conjugal visits被允许进行夫妻探望的囚犯
    Topics Life stagesc2
    Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin conjugalis, from conjux, conjug- ‘spouse’, from con- ‘together’+ jugum ‘a yoke’.